Advice to clinicians about leptospirosis in U.S. travelers returning from northern Israel

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network
  
  September 7, 2018, 1345 ET (1:45 PM ET)
  
  CDC HAN-00414
  
  The Israeli Ministry of Health is reporting an outbreak of leptospirosis in persons with exposure to natural water sources in the Golan Heights region of northern Israel after July 1, 2018. As of September 6, 2018, three persons with leptospirosis who traveled to Israel have been identified in the United States, with additional suspected cases reported and under investigation. Early symptoms of leptospirosis include fever, headache, chills, muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea, cough, conjunctival suffusion (conjunctival redness without exudates), jaundice, and sometimes a rash. Clinicians should consider leptospirosis as a diagnosis in any patient who develops an acute febrile illness within 4 weeks of travel to one of the areas in northern Israel listed below since July 1, 2018.
  
  Background
  
  Seven recreational water sites in the Golan Heights region have been linked to the outbreak:
  
  • Gilabun (Jilbon)
  
  • Yarden (Jordan) Park
  
  • Majrase (Majrase-Beteha Nature Reserve)
  
  • Meshushim (Meshushim Nature Reserve)
  
  • Yehudiya (Yehudia Nature Reserve)
  
  • Zaki (Zakhi)
  
  • Zavitan
  
  
• Subjects:
  Leptospirosis Travel
• Source:
  HAN ; 414
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Update
• Place as Subject:
  Israel
• Pages in Document:
  7 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  414
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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